16:25 18/06/2015
N'Djamena - Chad's military said Thursday it had carried out
airstrikes on Boko Haram positions to avenge twin suicide bombings in
Chad's capital that were blamed on the jihadists.
Citing the
"cowardly and barbaric acts perpetrated by Boko Haram terrorists", which
killed 33 people in N'Djamena on Monday, the military said that it had
"carried out reprisal airstrikes on the terrorists' positions in
Nigerian territory" on Wednesday.
Six Boko Haram bases were
destroyed in the air raids, which caused "considerable human and
material losses", the military said in a statement.
Chad
would continue its "merciless" pursuit of the insurgents "so that no
drop of Chadian blood spilt goes unpunished," the statement added.
Monday's
attacks on the police headquarters and a police academy in N'Djamena
were the first in the capital of the west African country, which has
taken a lead role in a regional offensive against Boko Haram.
No
group has claimed responsibility for the attacks but Chad and its allies
immediately blamed the Nigeria-based insurgents, who have carried out
several attacks recently.
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